Confronting Transportation Barriers in HIV Treatment with a Bike Exchange Program
Transportation is a necessary element of any intervention working to improve access to care for clients with HIV. Several studies have reported transportation as a barrier to HIV treatment. However, there are few interventions or best practices focused on reducing transportation barriers for people [...]
CAHPP presentations from Ryan White conference now available
From August 23 – 26, CAHPP staff and partners participated in the 2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment in Washington DC. Program recipients such as direct HIV care providers and others involved in HIV care and treatment came together to learn the latest advances in HIV c [...]
New Resources Highlight Replicable Tips for HIV Programs
CISWH’s Dissemination and Evaluation Center (DEC) has released new project spotlights, which highlight core components of interventions focused on integrating buprenorphine treatment into HIV primary care, peer linkage and re-engagement for women of color, and jail transitional care coordinati [...]
National Research Project Bundles Interventions to Make More Aggressive Gains in Black Women’s Health
Twelve sites awarded millions to bundle and scale HIV interventions across the country. LOWELL, MA – March 25, 2021 – The University of Massachusetts Lowell, in collaboration with AIDS United, and the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University’s School of So [...]
CISWH Names Core Directors to Expand Research and Programming in Key Areas
The Dean of the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) and Director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH), Dr. Jorge Delva, has named three inaugural core directors to guide the Center’s strategy and expand its impact on research, global health, and social work [...]
Expertise
A BREADTH OF EXPERTISE, A FOCUS ON PEOPLE Our capabilities include research, evaluation, technical assistance, training, project implementation, and policy analysis. We actively engage the populations we serve as partners in our work. We are on the front lines of practice, where we can make a real d [...]
Health Care Transformation
The staff of the Catalyst Center has in-depth knowledge of the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was passed in 2010. The Supreme Court upheld challenges to the law in 2012 and 2015. Our team has produced a range of peer-reviewed articles, fact sheets, report [...]
MED-HEART: Finding Home: Tips and tools for guiding people living with HIV toward stable housing
Download the housing toolkit (PDF) Toolkit resources are listed below. This toolkit is designed to provide resources to organizations to increase access to stable and permanent housing for people who are homeless or unstably housed, living with HIV, and who may have persistent mental illness and/or [...]
The Wilson Family
Amy and Tim Wilson describe themselves as “forced poor.” Their annual income of $25,000 makes it a constant challenge to support a family of five, but it keeps them eligible for the Medicaid program that covers most of their son Hunter’s ongoing medical expenses. “I would be cutting my own t [...]
Financing Strategies
Many Title V and Medicaid programs use funds from their own programs or leverage other funding to reduce the number of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) without health insurance, close benefit gaps, pay for additional services, and build the capacity of the system of care. T [...]
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